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Brighton social notes highlight local visits and gatherings
Brighten residents hosted and visited across town with many friends seen at dinners and Sunday visits. Families from Washington Fairfield Richland and Des Moines attended events while others returned home for summer. A two century bridge game concluded with midweek hosting and a move for Tom Reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Bailey
Dale Friend
Ruth
Peterson
Iowa
Brighton
Mary Friend
E. E. Swank
Howard Johnson
Clifford
Burlington
Johnson
Eva Wikoff
Johnson Home
Myrtle Helmick
Chas Helmick
L. E. Helmick
Frank Hoskins
C. J. Johnson
A. E. Horton
Roy Jones
Dan Pringle
Floyd Arnold
Washington
Phillip Wanerus
John Dodd
Fred Wanerus
Glen Pringle
Oskaloosa
Allen Macy
George Ackley
Hugh Frederick
Fairfield
Will Teeter
Lottie Wagner
Alvin Allen
Kathleen
Louise
Richland
Ed Swank
Harry Anderson
B. Calhoun
Eldon
Clarence Locke
Centerville
Christine Waitman
Waitman
Nellie Loder
Edna Crile
Jeaneanna Ryan
Clyde Coffin
Pleasant Plain
Leland Horton
Sma
Janet
A. KE. Horton
Jake Koch
Grant Humston
North of Washington
Witoff
S. H. Hogan
Haley White
Elizabeth Lamansky
Blanche McCarty
Dorothy McCreedy
Orel Kochlow
Tom Reader
Bales